Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 204 of 214
Ordinarily, such trifling matters would not have required Bao Lin to attend to them in person—any underling could have been sent—but because it was Yang Ce who had given the order, Bao Lin could not afford to be anything but meticulous.
There was no one in Songjiang Manager Liu did not know, but he could not fail to know Bao Lin. Bao Lin coming in person to handle the property deed left Manager Liu dumbstruck. No wonder Yang Ce had been so formidable before—he had sat there without a word, and Miss Xu's boyfriend had been scared half to death.
So what if you have underworld connections? The biggest underworld boss in Songjiang runs errands for Yang Ce.
Manager Liu's forehead was drenched in cold sweat. Thank goodness he hadn't spoken up for Miss Xu that day—otherwise he would have been finished.
By the time Li Dagang reached the food stalls, Li Dadong had just arrived as well. Li Dadong knew this place all too well; back in their school days, he and Yan and Xu Peng used to drink here whenever they had nothing better to do.
"Little brother, you were quick," Li Dadong said—Li Dagang's company was not close to here, which was why he remarked on it.
"I took a cab—how could I not be quick?" Li Dagang laughed. "What's the matter? You look rather glum. Something on your mind?"
"Sit down and I'll tell you slowly," Li Dadong said noncommittally, pulling out an empty chair and sitting down.
"Fine." Li Dagang was in no hurry. After sitting down, he called to the waiter, "Waiter, thirty lamb skewers to start, ten beef kidneys, five lamb chops, two bottles of beer."
"Right away!" The waiter noted down Li Dagang's order and hurried off to prepare it.
"Go on, then—what's this about?" Li Dagang peeled a head of garlic as he spoke.
"Little brother, you know Lin Yanhe, don't you?" Li Dadong said after a moment's hesitation.
"Of course I know her. Isn't she your childhood sweetheart?" Li Dagang was quite familiar with Li Dadong's affairs.
"Childhood sweetheart." Li Dadong sighed. "She has a boyfriend now."
"What?" Li Dagang was taken aback. "How did that happen? It's not you?"
"If only it were me," Li Dadong said with a bitter smile and a shake of his head. "But I've come around, too. Lin Yanhe has always thought of me as a big brother—there was never anything of that sort between us. Love isn't something you can force, and she has the right to pursue her own happiness."
"Damn, if you've already come around, why did you drag me out here? Bored with nothing to do?" Li Dagang was rather baffled. Naturally he knew love could not be forced, and since his big brother had already figured it out, what the hell was there left to fret about?
"No, it's not that—it's something else," Li Dadong said, pausing. "Lin Yanhe's boyfriend wants to invite me to help out at his company. Lin Yanhe works there too."
"That rich? He's got his own company already?" Li Dagang was briefly stunned. "But I don't quite follow you. Her boyfriend wants you to come work at his company—are you sure you've got that right?"
"Of course I'm sure. Otherwise I wouldn't be troubling myself over it," Li Dadong said with a wave of his hand. "What I'm torn about right now is whether to go or not."
"Hold on—why do I find this so hard to believe? Lin Yanhe's boyfriend knows you're in love with Lin Yanhe?" Li Dagang asked.
"He knows," Li Dadong nodded.
"Good grief, what kind of logic is that? You've got me completely confused," Li Dagang said, slapping his forehead.
"Little brother, it's really quite simple. Lin Yanhe's boyfriend knows Zhiyun doesn't like me and has always treated me like her big brother. This time he called me in to help at the company because he wants me to clear my head, to stop wallowing in the shadow of a broken heart, and to move on," Li Dadong explained Yang Juehuan's meaning to Li Dagang.